12 Facts About Bob Davids

Leonard Davids, known as Bob Davids or L Robert Davids, was an American baseball researcher and writer and the founder of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Bob Davids later enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served two years, including a tour as a B-24 nose gunner in the Pacific.

Bob Davids subsequently earned a doctorate from Georgetown University in international relations.

In 1951, Bob Davids began a 30-year career in federal service, mainly working the field of public information for agencies including the Departments of Defense and Energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, and for several members of Congress.

Bob Davids wrote numerous freelance articles on baseball for The Sporting News between 1951 and 1965.

When TSN cut its baseball coverage, Bob Davids began his own short-lived baseball publication, Baseball Briefs.

Bob Davids contributed baseball fact boxes to several newspapers, including The Washington Post and Chicago Sun-Times.

Bob Davids was elected the group's first president, an office he held on two other occasions.

Bob Davids served two five-year terms on SABR's board of directors, and was actively involved in producing many of the organization's early publications.

Bob Davids himself was honored posthumously in 2010 with SABR's Henry Chadwick Award for baseball research.

Bob Davids was married to the former Yvonne Revier, and had one daughter.

Bob Davids died in 2002 as the result of cancer at age 75 in Washington, DC, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.